Logan Hays tries to dribble out of trouble in May. Hays returns next season to lead the Ladycats again. (Walt Hester / Estes Park Trail-Gazette)

The Estes Park Ladycats faced familiar foe Frontier Academy on Friday in the first round of the Colorado Girls 3A Soccer Playoffs. This time around, the Wolverines took it to the Ladycats, 7-0, to end Estes Park's season.

Rachel Hughes kept the game from being a complete run-away, stopping 15 Wolverine shots.

Frontier Academy went on to get bumped out, themselves on Saturday, suffering a 3-0 loss from Manitou Springs.

The Ladycats will miss Hughes next season, as well as Karin Kingswood, but return leading scorer Logan Hays.

The 'Cats continue have difficulties getting beyond the first round of the state playoffs, but they looked like they might have missed this year, except for a stormy end of the season. With much of the team returning, 2014 should be another chance for improvement.